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06/18/2026
Men’s Health Month is also a chance to talk about care, connection, and emotional sustainability. Fathers and male caregivers should not have to choose between being providers, being present, and being well. When workplaces and families support caregiving across genders, everyone benefits: children, partners, teams, and the caregivers themselves. What would make it easier for more men to ask for support?
06/11/2026
Our latest episode of Taking Your Third Path is LIVE today.
In this episode, Jessica talks with Allison Daminger about the mental workload of family life, gendered expectations, and why couples often get stuck when they assume their roles cannot change.
Together, they explore how families can move forward by thinking in terms of skills, systems, and shared problem-solving, not personality alone.
Allison also shares how getting on the same side of the table can help couples have calmer conversations about the division of labor, make room for recharge time, and keep adjusting together as work, care, and life change.
Listen now on YouTube or Apple Podcasts.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WAuOxgVELM
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dads-and-all-caregivers-creating-recharge-time/id1773328618?i=1000772091414
Before time away begins, the work often gets compressed into impossible corners. We try to finish everything, anticipate every question, and disappear without anyone feeling the gap. But sustainable time away requires more than an out-of-office message. It requires shared coverage, realistic priorities, and leaders who do not reward pre-vacation overextension. What would make your next break actually restorative?
Safety is not only about preventing accidents. It is also about creating conditions where people can tell the truth before they break. At home, that means naming when the load is too much. At work, that means leaders making it safe to discuss capacity, timelines, caregiving needs, and recovery. A humane system does not wait for a crisis to prove the pressure was real.
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